Outdoor Winter Fun With a Baby

Lil Community: Staying Active in the Winter With the Babe!

Keeping active in Winter requires a lot more effort than warmer months. Elka Karl shared these adorable pictures of her tot braving the cold for a little outdoor recreation over the holidays in our Sugarbabies group.

This holiday season we traveled to northern Wisconsin to visit with my family. My little one also got to see his cousin Soren again, who's five months younger than him. One way we avoided cabin fever was by spending a lot of time on outdoor treks. Here's how we hung out in the great outdoors with the babes (and with the 8-year-old auntie and uncle).

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My mom brought with a baby sled (it had a back so Uli could sit up) and we took him on treks through the woods on the snowmobile trails. We also kept a wary eye open for snowmobiles, so we could get out of the way if one came by. Since it's a Christmas tradition in Wisconsin, we actually took one walk to the tavern in the tiny village of Clam Falls to see if there were Tom and Jerry's available for drinking, but the tavern was closed. Ah well!

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Uli also rode on his sled out to the lake to take in some ice fishing. It was in the mid-teens, temperature wise, so it wasn't terribly cold out. Still, we made sure to wrap him up so he didn't get cold, since he wasn't moving around like we were.

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When Uli's cousin Soren came over, his carseat was strapped to the sled and Uli was demoted to a waterskiing inner tube for travel. He didn't seem to mind.

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On Christmas Eve we walked to Clam Falls Lutheran Church for the evening service. It was about a mile each way, and quite an adventure in the dark. We made sure to bring headlamps so we could signal cars as they went by. On this trip Uli rode in the backpack. I carried him there and his dad took over Uli carrying duties on the way home.